Frequency of twin births in developed countries

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 250-259

  Pison, Gilles ^a   D'Addato, Agata V ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MATERNAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWIN PREGNANCY;

BIRTH RATE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; TWINS;

EID: 33645750214     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/183242706776382338     Document Type: Article

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